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-----Original Message-----
From: DocRickFry at aol.com
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Sent: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 20:08:11 EDT
Subject: Re: this and that
In a message dated 10/9/2005 4:06:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
joe.nemeth at staff.mcgill.ca writes:
YOU cannot clear the C Spine with a lateral....therefore no removal of
collar till the 3 views are done and read...
Again--this does NOT clear the c-spine! Only absence of tenderness on exam
does that!
ERF
To be more precise, the absence of tenderness on exam by experienced hands and
in the absence of distracting injuries or altered mental status provides proper
cervical spine clearance.
ck